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Hall, William Postwar Service
William Hall settled down after the war with the Marines but grew angry with the Marine Corps and quit. He did not like...
Brock, Pete Great Depression to Breakout of War
Pete Brock was born in April 1926 in Columbia, South Carolina. He grew up with a twin brother and two sisters. His...
Vraciu, Alexander "Alex" Segment 9
When Alexander Vraciu bailed out over the Philippines he was at about 300 or 400 feet when his parachute opened up. He...
Fricker, Eugene LCVP Crewman
Edgar Eugene “Gene” Fricker was a crewman on an LCVP [Annotator's Note: Landing Craft Vehicle, Personnel or LCVP; also...
Clapper, Joe Cape Gloucester to Pavuvu
Joe Clapper's unit [Annotator's Note: Company K, 3rd Battalion, 1st Marine Regiment, 1st Marine Division] landed on...
Borne, Edwin Meeting Old Foes and the Japanese Public
Edwin Joseph Borne, Jr. and his entourage met some of the Wake Island conquerors. [Annotator's Note: Borne and six...
Crosby, Thomas Rules and Restrictions for Living in Santo Tomas
Thomas Crosby described the internee committee for the internment camp [Annotator's Notes: the Santo Tomas Internment...
Hill, James Postwar and Reflections
James J. Hill flew with VMF-211 [Annotator's Note: Marine Fighting Squadron 211 (VMF-211)] as the war ended. He learned...
McKeel, Sam Newspaper World
Sam S. McKeel graduated from the University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill with a degree in journalism and was offered...
Tadewaldt, Gordon Reflections
Gordon Tadewaldt's most memorable experience of World War 2 was when the USS PGM-1 was caught in a typhoon on their way...
Durocher, Edmund Night Battle at Coffin Corner
Edmund Durocher was alone for a while [Annotator's Note: on a ridge on Cape Gloucester, New Britain known as Coffin...
Hollingsworth, Chester War's End and Postwar
Chester Hollingsworth was in the Pacific when the bombs were dropped [Annotator's Note: nuclear weapons dropped on...

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